Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Education as Radical Community Healing: Kuwentos With Students, Families, and Teachers

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Friday 8:00 am Four Seasons Ballroom 4
  In Roundtable Session: Transforming Education: Creating Spaces to Honor and Uplift the Voices, Cultures, and Wisdom of Youth and Families of Color (Table 4)

Abstract

The San Francisco Bay Area has a long history of Filipina/x/o community activism to build and sustain culturally and linguistically responsive programs (CLRP) that counter assimilationist schooling. This study aimed to understand Filipina/x/o students’ experiences in a CLRP that centers Filipino language+history+culture. Informed by critical race methodology, mapping and kuwentos were used to elevate student, family, and teacher voices. Expanding on Filipino constructs of tiwala, barangay, and kapwa, this paper offers a framework for radical community healing among Filipina/x/o students, families, and teachers. Recommendations include rebuilding community-school trust, providing equitable access to language instruction, and strengthening language advocacy. The study’s findings have program and policy implications for ethnic studies and bilingual education, and emphasizes critical leadership praxis.

Author

• Ruby N. Turalba-Khalil, San Francisco State University